Fireset



May 31, 1932. H c s w v 1,860,925

FIRESET Filed Jan. 27, 1930 3 W @wwv Patented May 31, 1 932 UNITED STATES HAROLD B. CRANSHAW, or WEST nnwroniiaisssncii'js njr risg nssiilrjon rephrase" MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF EVERETT I, MASSAGHUSETTS, A coni onArfon on MASSACHUSETTS rmnsniii Application filed January 27, 1 930. Seria1 N0.;42 3, 876.

This invention relates to firesets comprising a holder and one or more fireplace implements removably retained therein, and has for one of its objects to hold the implement or ll implements securely in an upright position yet to permit lateral removal thereof in an easy manner. Additional features of advantage and novelty will be apparent from the following explanation of a specific in- 10 stance of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings by way of example only.

In the preferred and illustrated embodiment of my invention my improved holder is utilized in combination with a stand which supports the holder at a convenient and appropriate height above the floor. My fireset may however, if desired, comprise one or more fireplace'implements retained in the improved manner of my invention by a holder suitably supported from a wall.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a fireset embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2J of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2,

but showing two of the implements raised somewhat and in the process of being removed from the stand.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, referring to Fig.1, the stand of the fireset illustrated comprises a stand base 11 upon which the various fireplace implements are adapted to rest, the base having a raised margin 12, adapted to confine the lower portions of the implements, and prevent their sliding from the base. An upright member 13 carries near its top a holder 14' which serves to restrain the upper ends of the implements and prevent them from falling over. In the present embodiment of the invention I have illustrated three fireplace implements, a log-roller 20, tongs 21, and a shovel 22, as removably held by the stand. These implements are provided at their upper ends with enlarged handles 30, 31and 32 respectively and have intermediate their ends shank portions of reduced cross-sectional extent 40, 41 and 42 respectively. As shown in Fig. 1, the enlarged handles of the implements arelooseroller '20," and 5 thus extend in transcribe 1y enlargedby-theholder 1 i, so that tli'e ini pleme'nts' m'ay be i raised to; bring their re diieed-sliank portions-to the level of the hold; or to permit remevai of the implements as described below"; l j

Referringto Figi'aftheholder ircomprises foiir horizontally disposed generally i hook; like elements-"'60, 61,- 62Tan'd 63, elements$ and 61 tang-spaced from each other? on: one side of' the holder andinPinWaIdl'y directed ositions, aiid' elements eaanct 63 beii 1g latf ally spaced from eachfother 'at theotlier side of the holder and iiireversedositionwith respect toeiementseo'anaei. I Arear element 64 integrally con-j oin's the morn-1m elements and is engaged and retained by the upright member 13 which inay extend therethrough.

Ho'okflikemember GOboOperates'With hook like nieinber 61 to enclosea'hand receiving" space through which handle 30'is adapted form's similar space E "for handle32,*and the two inner hook-like elements 61- ana ee ce o erate t o eneibseaspace G renamed-tan dles 31, offthe'ton'gs. As shown innigsaegane eyeafch oithes aces it,BandOliasamorizen elment s wh ieh enclose the space: l

I I nefaringto Fig. 2 iti-will'beiseen that-the lr ajndlesof the implements cannot be removed laterally through the" outlets due "to the con 'fi giiration of 'the interior surfaces of the tallyextendingoiitlet betweenthehooiaiike mansion offtli e enlargedhandl 30' of th elog'- V handle": and" pretend its lateral; removal throughtheo' itlhnnd oppesed' o'inesta and 76'0'1'1' the interi or surface of "the portion of the holder enclosing fspjace C v re deser e-6- getlrefthantheo-iits ide diniensions of the pair of handles 31 of the tongs. Accordingly, as

are securely 7 shown in Fig. 2, the implements retained within the stand.

Referring to Fig. 8, the implements are each shown as lifted to bring the reduced parts of their shanks to the level of the holder I havingshank portions of reduced cross-seo-f' 14. In this elevated position the reduced portions of the shanks, since considerably smaller in lateral dimensions than the enlarged handles, easily olear'the spaced opposed points referred to above, and may be removed laterally from the holder as, indicated by the arrows at, y, and z. The outlet'in the holder for the tongs may be wide enough to pass the tongs in any angular position when lifted but as shown in the figures the outlet is nar rower so that evenwhen lifted the tongs must be turned to the angular position shown in Fig. 3 before they can be passed through the outlet.

This improved constructioninsures that the implements will not become accidentally disengaged-from the stand, since the implements must be lifted before disengagement from thestand can-take place. While I have shown and described a construction in which the enlarged portions of the implements'oomprise the handles, it will of course beunderstood that the invention, in its broader aspect,1 comprehends any construction in which the portions of the implements opposite the outlets of the holder, when the implements are resting on the base, are larger than the outlets, with lower portions smaller than the I outlets,whereby the implements may be laterally removed through the outlets only by first lifting the implements.

Iclaim: H An implement holder for firesets adapted to embrace and removably retain the handles of a plurality of fireplace implements tional dimensions, said holder comprising four horizontally disposed hooklike elements, two of saidelementsbeing laterally spaced from each other on one side of the V holder, and the other two of said elements being ,laterally spaced from each other at the other side of the holder and in reversed position with respect to the first two elements,

each of said hook-like elements being in wardly directed, and a rear element integrally 'conjoining the stems of the hook-like elements-and adapted to engage an upright support, each of the outer hook-likeelements cooperating with its adjacent hook-like elementto' enclose a handle-receiving space having an outlet for the passage of a reduced shank of an implement, and the two inner hook-like elements cooperating to define a larger partiallyenclosed space for receiving 7 the handle portion of fireplace tongs;

.Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, 7 this 23rd day'of January, 1930.

HAROLD B. CRANSHAW. I 

